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MIAMI — The dolphin angle release plan Byron Jones on March 15, allowing him to join the company freely, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.
Jones will be assigned the cut after June 1, which will save the team $13.6 million in 2023. However, he will hit a cap of approximately $10 million in 2024.
Jones’ release is an important move toward creating salary cap space for a team that’s currently over the $17.7 million limit, according to Over the Cap.
The move comes just three years into the five-year, $82.5 million deal Jones signed with Miami in 2020. He missed the entire 2022 season after undergoing Achilles surgery. in March of last year. Last month, Jones tweeted that he “can’t run or jump” because of the injuries he has had in his career.
“Many things have changed in eight years,” he wrote on Twitter. “I can’t run or jump today because of my injury from playing this game. DO NOT take the pills they give you. DO NOT inject them they give you. If you really have to, consult. External doctor to learn about long-term meaning.
“It’s been an honor and a privilege to play in the NFL, but it has come at an unfortunate price that I didn’t foresee. In my opinion, no professional success or financial gain is worth avoiding the bouts of bouts. chronic pain and disability. 2023.”
A source told ESPN at the time that Jones had no plans to retire despite the tone of his tweets.
Speaking to local media at the NFL’s scouting mix last week, Dolphins general manager Chris Grier did not announce Jones’ return to the team next season.
untrained rookie Kader Kohou and free agent subscribers in 2022 Keion pass split snaps in the back corner in place of Jones. Former All-Pro Xavien Howard, Trill Williams And Noah Igbinoghene are also signing next season for the Dolphins.
Jones spent the first five seasons of his career with dalas cowboy and have four career interceptions.
